Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-05-08
GREATER BRITAIN.
lead Of the Bower bird
and KamgaFSe.
AassFa'ia's TInnber Resources
--ceai Measures meNcas-
tie-sreck of the Dunbar
--Sydney tseads--asel-
bouTne's Banks


sources. and &c these have deep iEisr-
est for residents Of our eoand soanfry,
I cannes DO better than oommsnes my
sseond letter By description Of then.
The woFkable Iumbsr Of Australia u
pins and hardwood. A. and spFues being
unknown. The supyiy Of pine very
limited, and even 81 this early period d
NE esniissnt's history The ssetions pro
ducine Il are Eapidiy being denudtd.
The kanfi pine 10 psbie tree. bat the
sapply Of a Il very restricted, and lie
veod Il far too expensive 20 Be devoted
10 ordinary uses. II takes 9 rnagnin.
sent polish. snd Is used for billiard
tables sad the more expensive sorts Of
furniture. The ordinary rins Of com
msFes produces thin sticks when soand,
b fossA only IN denss scrubs and ehsp.
paFsla, which make its transportation
20 ths mill no easy matter. 10 quality
u does not compare With the Pueei
Sound pines OF hard weeds, the red.
the white, the bins sBd the spotted gem
are the most generally used. The red IL
By far the most val1abls, bat
Trs sURPLT 10 LIMITED TO THs oTwkx
TonEsT
And 10 the soulbaFn1ost part Of Aus
tFAlia. Generally spsakinR the gum Il
. very poor wood, being full Of veins
asd fnospabIs Of taking . polish. Il
contains an essential Oh called EaoalYp
hmm ruhtah hma F.nfsuaA - aa..~.sa..a.. ~raAe.a
IN medicine. In the DandauonR State
fsrest and the Otway rar ees. the eam
stains an tmmens6 height bnt ita QtFth
IL always tas,Rnihoaut. and che trees
are too Isolated and inaccessible 10 be
Of any commercial value. There n Q
wood which q urishes on ahe southwest
coast called '.JagFah," which furnishes
the finest material fer piles 10 the world.
IL ID Absolutely impeTvioua to the a.
aauls OF the tefedo, and baFnseles
Shell Hsh will not fasien on IL. believe
e01aiannents have been ahipped 90 this
oeass aiFeadY. bot am not sure about 10
Cedar IL found IN the northern pafts Of
The continent oniy, bat u IL Of very
good quality, ID eVen paying 10 ship 10
Engiand. Viewed as q whole, Australia
10 poor timber caantry, and shipments
Of Paeet Sound lumber there arc Aps 70
EHonKAaE RATHKR Than pIMINIEH,
Az she becomes more swaFe Of her
deficiencies and aaF capabilities for sup
PLYING them. What, however, she lacks
70 timber. she mskes up for 10 coal. the
Black Diamond mines Of Australia be
ma practically inexhauatible. The cut
put from the latter are Of the hnest
quslity, hardlv surpassed By She famous
bilkstoDe aud WailseHd Of the old onun-
try. Wherever there's coal there's a
Newcastle, aud the thriving port Of that
same in Australia numbers a popula
ton Of 5000 psople. II has q famous
lighthouse which throws q beam 80
miles away, and an equally famous
lighthouse keeper. oue johnson, the sole
survivor Of the wreck OF the DanbaF.
"rhs air vas calm, and on the level
brim
Sleek Panops With all her sisters
played"
Was the case wheu the good ship Dun
bar struck on the rocks on Sydnev
Heads, and bore precious freight OF
400 souls TO
THE BOTTOM OF THH DRIP HUE sra.
Very deep aud very blue arc the
waters which environ sydney Heads.
The Golden Gate OF San Francisco IL
bot . shallow pool compared With the
Rlofione straits which tusarase SYDNEY
Heads. Perpendicular iron bound oliH.
need not the froWniBR muEz'es OF Arm
sirene guns 10 make the approach 90
the Naples Of the Southern Hfmlsphere
Aawrmawmvsa Il -.
70. DiRFesssons are isges;stable, but the
mention OF Newcastle ae,a one think
ing about the Newcastle lighthouse
keepev, and 81 the catastrophe OF Syd
neg Heads of which be alone vas left
to tell the tale. Thew have q mech
handler Wav Of manipulating oaal ia
Nevcastle 20 what they do 10 Seattle
here. Instead. as In the latter case, Of
cars hsinR run up inelinea and tiiseorr.
inR their contents into koppers. In New.
caSile the body Of the car "a huge iron
SHELLY IL lifted OF the wheels by a Crane
swung ever the ships side. and BY q
simple eontFivanca the bottom swiuQs
out. and about ten ton Of coal il
dumped into the ships hold in a dash.
Newcastle coal IL hardly inferior 10
English and not q week passes bat two
es more bottoms don't sail for San
Francisco with load Of II.
4 TREMENDOUS sunP ROLLS IN AT EEw-
CASTLE,
And the appr>aoh 10 sha port is very
daneeFouA Probably no country 10
The world presents q greater variety OF
hhEbor bars and entrsneea than Austria.
Tia. Contrast the deap watsr which
Laps the feet ~ Svdpey Heads. With the
approach 10 Pert Philip. the vast barber
OF the port Of Melbourne. The latter
" nns Of the most treaeheFeus aud Ia.
etdious approaches imaginsble. The
dangerous shoals and quioksands sep
arattng Poiet Lonsdale from paini
Nepean. being Ia striking contrast to
TIE oiea ironstone cilds Of Port Jack.
aon. There Il bitter rivAlrv between
The capitals of the twe most fsaurishisc
colonies Melbourne h q magnificent
city, laid cot on the rectangular pian
and Eiyaliine San Frapeise0 In the
srLEHpoR on Ers PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND
MANs1oSs.
ThouEh only shout equal b. q In psiut
Of population. The banks % Melbsarue
are 10 many financial palaces. compared
With which saeh anAirs a. the Nevada
concern are nowhere. MANY % then,
are "ecpies" Of the 0recian tssnples sua
NenetiaR palaces. and initiate thar
originals rot only In plAn bus svea IL
dstan Of material. Marble, magachlsn.
and The costltest mahogany entsr toto
their composition. and the Csloussss
have - unlimited tFust IN their salvspev
as IN that % the BAnk ~ Eaelaad. This
esnndenee l. fully iasiiaed. aud next g.
austion Of breeders would dsnsminAte
AUSTRALIA "A A NATION OF AkxKxHa
The mint 81 hslSourna is said 10 Be
the hnsst Ia the World. while the %
lootAl Treasury, Poetafhce and Saprpns
Court ere buildings OF which any ooan
try might BE- prood. Australia donf -
much On mammoth heiess. strueiaFes
about the siGs Of she Grand in san
Francisco best corresponding 20 their
wants. The environment % Mel
bourne i not picturesQae and 10 aniy
redeemed from u2lincas hy the nunb@r
and beAnty Of ia paelic and private
RAFdenA OF the former. the FstHrey,
the Treasury aud tAe Botanical are the
most be- utifui, and sacs seen are 80
memhsrcd for q life fina. Like ire
portsis Of The Mes Jerusalem '.theiE
gates close nos day or aiga,. aud